Carol Etherington, MSN'75 — Two-term president of Doctors without Borders

Melinda Hudson BA'76 — Executive VP for America's Promise-The Alliance for Youth; director of the office of public liaison at the Corporation for National Service during the Clinton administration; associate director of the White House Office of Private Sector Initiatives under Pres. Reagan; has worked for three Senate Majority Leaders: Senators Howard H. Baker, Jr., Bob Dole and Robert C. Byrd.

Marie Wilson, A'62 — Founded White House Project, former president of Ms. Foundation

Richard Burr, BA'71 — Attorney and foremost opponent of death penalty

Jack Thompson, JD'76 — Attorney and activist against obscenity and violence in media

Sheryll Cashin., BE'84 — Georgetown Law Professor, worked in White House during Clinton Administration as an advisor on urban and economic policy, former law clerk to US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Judge Abner Mikva of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Former Marshall Scholar.

Elaine Shannon, EDD'81 — Correspondent in Time magazine's DC bureau, co-author of No Heroes: Inside the FBI's Secret Counter-Terror Force and author of the bestselling Desperados: Latin Drug Lords, U.S. Lawmen, and the War America Can't Win.

Max Delbruck, physics professor 1969 Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses.

Stanley Cohen, Vanderbilt Medical Center faculty member 1968 Prize in Medicine, for his discovery with a colleague of epidermal growth factor.

Distinguished Alumnus/a Award

The Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumnus/a Award was established in 1996 to recognize alumni who have furthered Vanderbilt's mission through outstanding achievement and service. Previous recipients of the award are:

Muhammad Yunus, who received his doctorate in economics; Dr. Norman E. Shumway, a graduate of the Medical School; Cal Turner Jr., who earned his B.A. at Vanderbilt; Delbert Mann, who also earned his B.A. at Vanderbilt; Dr. Antonio Gotto, a graduate of Vanderbilt and of the Medical School; Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr., who earned his B.A. at Vanderbilt and served as a House Officer/Fellow at the Medical School; Dr. Mildred Stahlman who pioneered modern neonatal care around the world; and Rev. James Lawson, minister, civil rights leader, and activist worldwide.